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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
2
A reader laments that city papers ignore local matters from schools and lodges while advertisers seek space. The piece argues for balanced coverage and warns against letting city news crowd out the home paper.
Advertising is described as the sole successful perpetual motion machine for business, urging start and guide with skill, not just maintain momentum, to gain velocity and turn wheels of growth.
The Madison Courier announces its association with McGarree W and Gaserlaent in the Courier Company printing and publishing office located in the Covaign Building. The notice indicates an official association with Associated Press material.
In Washington the Post Office is a central building and headquarters. The writer aims to add five rural routes in Jefferson County, stressing better roads and paved sidewalks for delivery. The piece lauds President McKinley, compares him to Washington and Lincoln, and notes broad support for his re election, while hinting at opposition.
The narration notes the Army and Navy building as a national capital wonder. It mentions Captain Joseph B Morton and Bahous Schooler’s body to be sent home for interment, and honors General Miles a veteran of the Civil War with a strong record against Indians and in Philippine operations. Attorney McCrellis of Vevay is cited as an official in Miles’s headquarters.
A brief fragment reports Comptroller of the Treasury R J Tracewell visiting Europe with accompanying notes by Hon BE P. The text captures a moment during travel and hints at official duties in foreign chapters of the financial office.
Mr Mitchell an able lawyer with a free record at Washington. The narrator meets Hanover College friends E N Gelpin and Charlie Butler who have held responsible positions for many years. M C dG.
Riverside towns report rivers at varying levels with rising or falling gauges. In Cincinnati the river stands 145 feet and is falling while Louisville shows a 7 foot drop. other locations like Frangpost Kisina Sux and WaHertine note rising or falling readings with cloudiness and brisk business in the canal area.
River levels receding with gauge at 7A.M. 13.3 feet as Louisville and Cincinnati traffic adjust. Vessels like the Sam Brown, Tom Dodsworth, and Columbia move up or down with empties. the Dick Brown sinks near Sedamsville and will be raised. Indiana boilers arrive for a new steamer, and local coal operations continue.
In Jefferson County a county board was formed under the 1899 act with members Guthneck Swift Cogiey McLeland Cra ven and Lowes. The board organized June 20 naming Lowes president and Swift secretary and planned inspections of the County Jail Poor Asylum and Children’s Home with quarterly meetings and reports to the County Commissioners.
Reports from the Macon Branch wreck of the Southern Railway indicate the death toll will likely reach forty one as traffic is expected to resume today in Atlanta.
The examination of Neely, scheduled in New York, is postponed to next Friday by mutual consent of the counsel. Subscribe for Taz Counizn.
Wisconsin athlete Perkins leads at the academy while two cadets face court martial for tobacco use with no dismissals. Cadet Hillman plans engagement to Miss Ellis, sister of Lieut. Ellis, as Col. Mills weighs relaxing tobacco rules to curb demerits. Graduating class sizes vary and Cadet Pillsbury tops scholarship, with Burnett new Y M C A president and Mitchell praised for building influence.
The House heard Representative Hamilton of Niles Michigan deliver wit and wisdom in a Chicago Record inspired speech. He quips on poverty envy political economy and moral regeneration noting that dust from carriages annoys some more than others and that care cannot be legislated into existence.
Police Board reduces special deputies to 500 with furloughs through July 4. Henry of Navarre colt wins Covington Spring Stakes at Latonia, while Sidney Lucas wins the American Derby in Chicago. Dick Brown passenger packet sinks near Sedamsville but all aboard are safe. Indiana convicts contracts set labor at Frankfort and Eddyville. John Whitehead, prominent Southern Indiana farmer, kills wife and dies by suicide. British belief that South African fighting ends precedes expected annexation proclamation. Senator Hanna predicts GOP wins in NY, Kentucky and California. W J Bryan visits Chicago after Wisconsin woods outing.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as America's greatest medicine and a powerful energizer, claiming cures for sick headaches and noting Hood's Pills at 25 cents as a remedy.
John Waramaker says he focuses heavy advertising in slow periods because customers search most intensely for bargains. He emphasizes price detail and thorough announcements as part of his business strategy.
Miss Marion Talbot, dean of women at the University of Chicago, reports on why undergraduates choose fields at Chicago, Harvard and Wellesley. She notes strong professors, laziness, love of science, and livelihood aims as factors. She urges colleges focus on general training over short cuts to a livelihood to preserve refinement.
A Barbary goat escaped from the Central Park menagerie and rampaged through a nearby brewery injuring several workers. A bull owned by G Howland Leavitt charged U S Army engineers near Fort Slocum, scattering troops and sending them fleeing. Keepers Snyder and Shannon captured the goat as drivers scrambled to escape the chaos.
The Free Delivery division shows a steel four by four foot mail repository with separate post boxes and keys for farmers. A back drop door allows postmen to deposit mail and stamp orders are filled from boxes. Bishop Potter praises newspapers as a great tribute after a parish story.
The Chicago Record urges grandmothers of office boys to be cautious about exposure during the unhealthy baseball season, framing it as a social concern and workplace morale note.
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 5 to 3 yesterday at that venue. Griffith allowed four runs before being replaced in the fifth inning.
In baseball results Cleveland fell to Buffalo 3 to 7 while Minneapolis edged Milwaukee 2 to 1. Detroit routed Indianapolis 10 to 3 and Kansas City defeated Chicago 4 to 2.
Arrangements are made for a special train named The Indiana Special to carry Indiana delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Kansas City. The train leaves Indianapolis at 3 30 p m Monday July 2 arrives Kansas City 7 00 a m Tuesday July 3 with reclining cars and coaches plus free chair cars west of St Louis. Tickets via Pennsylvania Lines and for regular trains July 1 2 and 3. Inquiries through district agent W W Rich ardson Indianapolis.
Low rate non transferable excursion tickets sold via Pennsylvania Lines to Elwood for June 2 and June 9, valid for return until June 30. Service dates include Tuesday and Friday departures with June 26 timing reference.
June through 27th offers low rate non transfer able excursion tickets to Chicago via Pennsylvania Lines. Tickets valid for return until July 4th. Sale dates include midweek departures June 27 with limited transfer options.
The Courier promotes statement printing envelopes letter heads and legal blanks via Toe Couriers and Courizr naming sales bills posters and various job printing. It urges patrons to call in for affordable rates and supplies.
The Madison market lists prices for flour varieties Perfection Invincible and Triumph per ton and per bushel for corn oats and wheat. It also shows prices for Timothy and Clover seeds, orchard grass mixes, apples cabbage potatoes butter beans dried fruits coffee tea molasses oils poultry meat and produce with varied per unit rates.
The speaker says it wastes time to remind the convention of precedents as Democrats boast of progress while destroying established precedents. He notes the tone of the party in power and warns against overturning long standing practices.
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